Monday, November 26, 2012

Hello. I'm Rebecca Scarberry (Scarberryfields on Twitter and author of free novella, MESSAGES FROM HENRY. I have interviewed another author. Her name is Shandi Littlefield (@evils_war on Twitter). I've enjoyed learning more about Shandi and certain you will also.

Scarberryfields:Can you please tell us a little about
your nationality?

Shandi
Littlefield: I’m a thirty-one-year-old mother of three beautiful children
and married to a wonderful man that supports me in everything I do. I was born
and raised in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Scarberryfields:
When you finish writing a story, do you miss the characters?

Shandi
Littlefield: Yes and no. I have only finished one book, and I am still
working on the second one. Now, when I finish with the second one, I’ll
probably miss a few of them. After a while, they do seem to grow on you.

Scarberryfields:
While writing, if you need help with punctuation, grammar, etcetera, where do
you turn?

Shandi
Littlefield: Spell check on the computer is awesome for me. And then I have
a dictionary on my phone that helps me out a lot. If those don’t work, I have
two best friends that are teachers that help me.

Scarberryfields:
With the number of hours spent writing, do family members support you or
complain about the time spent away from them?

Shandi
Littlefield: In the beginning, my husband fussed a lot about me writing. He
didn’t know what my plans were going to be in the end. After I finally finished
and published Evils War, all of my
family has been nothing but supportive.

Scarberryfields:
Do you travel to places you mention in your stories for research sake?

Shandi
Littlefield: Yes. In my story, all of the places mentioned are here in my
hometown. I have been known to sit in my truck for hours, on the side of the
street in town, with my notebook and picture the story unfold.

Scarberryfields:
When you’re writing, do you shut-off all social networks?

Shandi
Littlefield: No not really. With me, and my so-called brain farts, I can
only write for a certain amount of time. I wish I was able to shut everything
in the world off and focus only on my writing, but that just doesn’t happen.
LOL

Scarberryfields:
Did you use any family members as Beta readers for your stories?

Shandi
Littlefield: I started to let my husband read what I was writing in the
beginning, until he started questioning everything little thing. Now, I have
two of my best friends proofread and help me edit all of my work.

Scarberryfields:
Do you feel social networking as a marketing tool, is beneficial?

Shandi
Littlefield: Yes it is. I wasn’t able to get a big publisher to promote my
book for me, so social networking is awesome for me. It’s the only way I can
spread the word about my work.

Scarberryfields:
What is the last book called that you completed and published?

Shandi
Littlefield: Well, so far I have only completed and published one book, Evils War. I am in the process of
working on my second book. This one will finish off the Evils War story.

Scarberryfields: Where can readers go
to find your books?

Shandi Littlefield: You can find Evils War on Amazon http://t.co/aoyInIG
in Kindle right now. You will see two copies of the book form on Amazon. The
$12.99 book was made for my grandparents. They can’t read small print very
well, so I made a massive print just for them, but I couldn’t take it off
because a lot of other people like it because it is easy to read. The normal
copy is $15.99 and the kindle is $9.99.I’m hoping to have it on other ebook sites soon.